Oil-distributing device.



C. H. TAYLOR & B. B. NEUTEBOUM.

OIL DISTRIBUTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAYII. 1911.

Patented De,19,191.

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OIL-DISTRIBUTING DEVICE.

Specication f Letters Iatent.

PatentedDec. 19, 1916.

Application led Hay 11I 1914. Serial No. 837,620.

l be a full, clear, and exact description of the same., such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which forni a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an oil distribut-l ing device and a. special object of our iniprovcments is to provide, means for distrib uling the oil in an internal combustion engine which Lshall occup)r little space aud which shall he eiiicient in that the actuation of the oil shall be approximately at a uniform rate aud proportional to the Speed of the engine. We attain this object in the device illustrated in the accompanyingr drawings in which,

Figure 1, iS a. vertical section ot' an engino having' an apparatus embodying our invention attached thereto; Fig. 2, is a de tail elevation 'showing the construction ot' Some of the parts.

a is the cylinder and the crank ase and c is a trough or receptacle at the bottom of the crank case adapted to receive, and contain oil.V k

(l is the main shaft of the entrino and c is the cain shaft. The shafts 1 and i; it will be understood, are connccird in the usual way, ao that angulai'fnlotion is coinmunicatcd from the shaft d to theA shaft c.

g is a valve stein and lA is an oil reservoir located at the upper end of the crank case and adjacent to the 'lower end'of the c vlinder. The valve stem q extends at its lower und Vinto the reservoir :r and below the level of the oil therein.

u is a push rod extending,l through the lower wall of the reservoir h und adapted to actuate 'the stem y.

t is an overlow dam which determines the level of`the oil in thc reservoir h. z' is an aperture extending' from the reservoir below the level ol' the oil therein and opening into a hearing in which the push rod u reeiprocates. Oil is supplied through the. aperture z' to lubricate the rod u. Y

m is a tube opening at its upper end to the reservoir i and at its lower end into a socket p. The tube m is adapted to it and reciprocate longitudinally in a bearin`, .1.r 'n iu the lower wall of the reservoir z and in a bearinar o in the socket p. The socket p opens at its lower end below the level of the oil in the trough c.

`r is a'hall valve in the Socket p'qgning inwan I/ is a hall valve at the lower end Of the tube wir, adapted to open toward the inside of said tube. i

j i5 a shoe, or cam piece, sleeved and s`ecured upon the tube n.

f is a cam upon the shaft e bearing against the upper surface of the sho'e j. The shoe-1' is provided with flanges le (Fig.2) shroud ing the cam f and thus preveutingtlac roa tation oi' the tube m in its bearings.

.v is a spring acting to force the tubem toward the upper limit of its travel.

The operation of the above described de- -viee is as follows: 'hen the engine-1s in` lnotion the tube ml is reciprocatedlongit-udinallv thereof in its bearings by the cam f and spring The lower end of thel tube 'ni acts in the socket p as theplungem a pump thus drawing1r andforcing oil from the trough c past the valves r and q. The oil passes up through the bore yof the tube m and fills the reservoir/L running over the dani f. When the tubem is full of liquid, the inertia of such liquid aists the pump in,i r action of the apparatus when the tube ia forced downward and thus secures la gri-cater. volumetric efficiency and certainty of action;

'llllt WL* claim is: f

1. In an internal combustion engine. n. crunk case, a trough at the lower portion oi' aaid4 crank case. an elevated reservoir, a tala forming a conduit between said trough und reservoir, und located in said crank case. a cam shaftia can] on said shaft and means whelfchv `said cum Shall notitie ramp.

rocalc `said tube luid 'moans'whereh the reciprocaiion of said-tulje 'shall can `a. Huid io flow therethrough.

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2. ln an internal combustion engine, n

crank case. a trough at the. lowcrportion of Haul crank case. an elevated reS\"-l\0ll'. u tubo foi-numer a conduit lmtween said trough and.

reservoir, and located in said crank oase, n cam shaft, o cam on ssiidshaft, a shoe projecting from seid tube to a, position to bef acted on by said com to'recipifocate said tube, and means whereby the reiprocation of said tu'be shall cause e ud to How therethrough.

3. In an interna] combustion engine, a, crunk case, a trough ut the lower portion of said crank case, an elevated reservoir, a twbe located in seid crunk onse and, oponing at one end to said trough and at the other end to seid reservoir, means for re ciprocating said tube, and means whereby the i'ecipiociition of seid tube shrill cause 15 i (ECIL HAMELIN TAYLOR.

BOUDEWIJN B. NEUTEBOOM.

Witnesses AGNES M. I-IIiltiNs` Eiimo'm J. S'iooiiiiiio. y 

